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PHP < 7.2.33, 7.3 < 7.3.21, 7.4 < 7.4.9 DoS Vulnerability (Aug 2020) - Windows

🗓️ 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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PHP DoS Vulnerability in phar_parse_zipfile function (Aug 2020) on Window

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:php:php";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.144366");
  script_version("2025-09-24T05:39:03+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-24 05:39:03 +0000 (Wed, 24 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-08-07 01:48:05 +0000 (Fri, 07 Aug 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-02-25 16:03:00 +0000 (Thu, 25 Feb 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-7068");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("PHP < 7.2.33, 7.3 < 7.3.21, 7.4 < 7.4.9 DoS Vulnerability (Aug 2020) - Windows");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_php_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("php/detected", "Host/runs_windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PHP is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the
  phar_parse_zipfile function.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The phar_parse_zipfile function had use-after-free
  vulnerability because of mishandling of the actual_alias variable.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP versions prior 7.2.33, 7.3 prior 7.3.21 and 7.4 prior to
  7.4.9.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.2.33, 7.3.21, 7.4.9 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.2.33");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.3.21");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.4.9");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "7.2.33")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.2.33", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "7.3.0", test_version2: "7.3.20")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.3.21", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "7.4.0", test_version2: "7.4.8")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.4.9", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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24 Sep 2025 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 23.3
CVSS 3.13.6 - 4.8
EPSS0.01661
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